Prostitution crackdown nets 82

October 02, 2002|By Ginny Skweres.

WAUKEGAN — A summerlong crackdown on prostitution in Waukegan has resulted in dozens of arrests and impounded vehicles, police said Tuesday.

Since June, when the Waukegan Police Department began the crackdown in response to complaints from residents, police have arrested 75 men accused of solicitation and seven women accused of prostitution.

Police also impounded 69 vehicles and a semitrailer truck used in the alleged solicitations, said Lt. Wayne Hunter, Waukegan police spokesman.